I became emperor in the Tang Dynasty by relying on the palace fighting system

It was already the second year of Tiaolu, that is, 680 AD. In order to express her remembrance of Emperor Li Zhi, Wu Meiniang issued an edict not to change the reign title and everything remained the same.

As summer approaches, the Daming Palace is covered with shady grass and trees, and cicadas are chirping happily on the trees, bringing a slight dryness.

Under the scorching sun, a row of palace maids and eunuchs escorted the new emperor and empress to the Purple Palace to pay their respects to Her Majesty the Queen Mother.

Wu Meiniang occupied the Zichen Palace, the residence of the emperor and empress, and refused to leave. Li Xian had no choice but to move to the Penglai Palace with his queen Wei Jun. Now the couple came from the Penglai Palace.

Li Xian was filled with high spirits as he was crowned the emperor. He came hand in hand with his beloved wife Wei Jun and greeted his mother: "My son greets my mother."

Wei Jun was also radiant, and bowed, saying, "My son greets the Queen Mother."

Wu Meiniang was reading a memorial. Upon hearing this, she closed it and looked up at Li Xian.

Li Xian suddenly felt the pressure and stood at attention: "Mother?"

Wu Meiniang only asked him: "Xian'er, let me ask you, your father-in-law Wei Xuanzhen was originally just a military officer in Puzhou, with mediocre political achievements, why was he promoted to the governor of Yuzhou?"

In order to make the change of dynasty smoother, it is natural to discredit the image of the successor of the Tang Dynasty.

Wu Meiniang knew that her son was a fool, so she let Li Xian take care of some small things and waited to see him do something stupid.

However, Wu Meiniang did not allow Li Xian to interfere in the promotion of officials.

Today, Li Xian bypassed Wu Meiniang and directly issued an edict to Prime Minister Liu Yi who supported him to promote Wei Xuanzhen.

Wu Meiniang was furious and immediately went to find the couple to question them.

Li Xian hurriedly smiled and said, "Mother, you also know that Wei Xuanzhen is my father-in-law. His status is too low, which is not good for the queen and me, so I gave him the position of governor."

A young boy actually dared to call himself "I" in front of me?

Wu Meiniang was very unhappy. She hadn't even called herself "I" yet!

Her face was calm: "Oh? I see. I thought it was the Queen who instigated you to give her own father a high position and generous salary."

Wei Jun bowed his head respectfully: "My father is of low status and dare not compare with the Queen's father, the Prince of Taiyuan. He can only hold the position of a governor. I hope the Queen will grant it to me."

Wu Meiniang was even more displeased. What kind of person is your father? He is still a soldier after so many years. My father is a founding hero of the Tang Dynasty and the governor of Jingzhou. Your father is naturally not worthy to be compared with my father.

What a great Wei Jun, what a great Li Xian! The couple just sat down at the table and they already think they are the dishes!

Wu Meiniang suppressed her anger and smiled faintly: "That's all."

"Wei Xuanzhen is a relative of the royal family after all. It is not good for him to have a low status. Emperor, please call him back to Kyoto and confer a title on him."

Wei Jun was stunned. The Queen Mother didn't object?

That's great!!

After a moment, she bowed in ecstasy to express her gratitude: "Thank you so much for the grace of the Queen Mother!"

The next day, Li Xian conferred the title of Duke of Cheng'en County on Wei Xuanzhen and summoned the Wei family back to the capital.

Similarly, Wu Meiniang also issued an edict to confer the title of King of Wei on her deceased father and the title of Princess of Wei on her mother Yang Rong, severely suppressing the Wei family.

Wei Jun and Li Xian had nothing to say about this.

Wu Shigui's qualifications and contributions were far older and greater than Wei Xuanzhen's. Wei Xuanzhen was able to be crowned prince because of his daughter, and the status of the Empress Dowager was much higher than that of the Empress. Why couldn't Wu Shigui be crowned prince because of his daughter?

Li Xian, who had just become emperor, thought he was extremely powerful. As soon as Wei Xuanzhen entered the capital, he could not wait to appoint him as the Minister of the Interior in order to compete with Wu Meiniang for power.

Wu Meiniang's confidants such as Pei Xingjian, as well as all the civil and military officials were horrified.

It would be fine if he was just conferred a title, but Wei Xuanzhen was just a military officer with mediocre political achievements, how could he be qualified to be a prime minister!

Their advice was ineffective, and Li Xian became desperate. He finally said the stupid words that have been passed down through the ages in front of all the civil and military officials.

"Even if I give the whole world to Wei Xuanzhen, so what!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole court fell silent.

Wu Meiniang seized this opportunity to depose Li Xian as King of Luling, exiled his entire family to Fangzhou, and made her youngest son Li Dan the emperor.

One day after the court session, Wu Meiniang suddenly talked about something with Li Chao.

"Xingjun, I want to change my name."

Here it comes. Li Zhao suppressed his excitement and manipulated Li Chao to ask, "Oh? Jingguang, what name do you want to change to?"

Wu Meiniang smiled and said, "This is a character I created myself."

She walked to the desk, picked up the pen, dipped it in ink, and wrote a word.

"The sun and the moon are in the sky, shining down on the earth."

On the snow-white rice paper, there is a big character "曌".

"From now on, my name shall be Zhao, Wu Zhao."

Li Chao clapped his hands and smiled: "Good, good name!"

Wu Zhao immediately issued an edict, announcing her new name to the world.

In the imperial edict, she no longer concealed her identity and openly referred to herself as "I", which was already a sign of her becoming the uncrowned emperor.

All the officials realized that something was wrong and discussed it privately. At some point, a passage from the Buddhist scripture began to circulate among the people.

There was a celestial being named Jingguang, who was in the kingdom of a king and became a wheel-turning king.

At that time, all the ministers accepted this girl as the heir to the throne. After she succeeded to the throne, her power was overwhelming.

All the countries in Jambuvipa came to pay homage, and no one refused.

Pure Light Goddess, isn't this Her Majesty the Queen of Heaven? !

The male officials were inevitably panicked, and they were all discussing: "I'm afraid the Queen is planning to usurp the throne!"

The female officials didn't think so. They sneered and said, "What usurpation? The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors were almost all women. The great-grandmother of Emperor Yan, Dating, was also Emperor Yan."

"The fourth queen of the Five Emperors of the Human Dao of the Eight Caves is the Saint Queen of the Human Race, Xiling Clan Leizu. They were the emperors of the human race when they were alive, and the emperors of the sky after their death. Why can't women be emperors of the mortal world!"

"Aren't the King of Fusang, the King of Lelang, and the King of Qinghai also women?"

They looked down upon the male officials and said, "Now, the Queen is only returning the throne that was taken away by men to women!"

The hearts of the people in the two capitals were constantly stirring.

The palace maids and eunuchs who left the palace became female and male crowns. They ran around the streets day and night, preaching Buddhism and Taoism to the people.

As early as when Li Zhao and Wu Zhao opened the Neijiaofang in the palace, they had thought of using them to promote the legitimacy of the empress's accession to the throne.

Li Zhao and Wu Zhao were admiring the flowers together, and Li Zhao said proudly, "How is it? It has been spread all over the streets that the Pure Light Goddess Daojun, the Buddha Vairocana, is here to be the emperor of the mortal world."

Wu Zhao was visibly pleased: "Xuan Zun is very resourceful. He even thought of using the palace maids to publicize the legitimacy of my ascension to the throne. I admire him very much."

When an emperor ascends the throne, he always emphasizes orthodoxy, and the source of orthodoxy is none other than the five words "Heaven, Earth, Emperor, Parents, and Teachers".

Wu Zhao wanted to ascend the throne, but she could not find legitimacy in the patriarchal system that symbolized kinship. The only way she could find a way was to turn to the Heaven, Earth and the Emperor.

Li Zhao hummed: "Public opinion alone is not enough. I am afraid that there will be rebellion from below, and we must also be on guard against foreigners."

Li Zhao looked at her and said, "The foreign tribes have Sister Taibai and Sister Shangjiang watching over them, so there is nothing to worry about. But I will not help you with the internal rebellion."

"You need to use the troops under your control to kill all the bandits."

"Let the world see who holds the power!"

Power comes from the barrel of a gun. After all, if you want to be an emperor, it still depends on who has the biggest fist!

Sure enough, the King of Yue, the King of Langya and Li Jingye, grandson of the Duke of Yingguo, rebelled!

Wu Zetian ordered her doctor Luo Binwang to write a manifesto for the expedition, and also issued an edict appointing Li Xiaoyi, Duke of Liang, a member of the Li Tang royal family, as commander-in-chief, and Wei Yuanzhong as deputy commander-in-chief, to lead an army of 300,000 to fight against the rebels.

In less than three months, in fact only about fifty days, the imperial army put down the rebellion effortlessly.

The bloody reality has made everyone see clearly where the power belongs.

Unlike in history, in this life, Luo Binwang was already caught by Li Zhao in Wu Zetian's arms. The "Exhortation to Punish Wu Zetian" written by someone else by the Prince of Langya was mediocre, but it contained all the negative information.

Li Zhao found a time to open the live broadcast room and started by saying, "Hi, my dears, we meet again!"

"Today we are going to clear up the rumors and dirty water that the patriarchal society has fabricated about Emperor Wu over the years."

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Thank you all for your rewards, thank you in the next chapter~~